Agile Coach (SAFe)

Agile Coach (SAFe)

Overview of Key Duties:

Key Accountabilities:

• Coach a range of Agile teams and support our Agile transformation working with cross-functional, distributed teams to achieve higher levels of agility and driving adoption of best-practices based on previous experiences • Coach and facilitate the maturity of agile release trains (ARTs) and any new ones aligned to value streams • Developing and aligning the coaching practice with the strategic direction of the organisation, managing deviations, and effectively communicating solutions and their justification to relevant stakeholders • Play a pivotal role in the evolution and maturity of the Agile methodology, supporting teams and management in reducing feature delivery times and gaining maximum alignment to business priorities • Conduct training, facilitation and coaching of distributed teams across the Lean-Agile values and specific techniques/methods, preferably within the Scaled Agile Framework (but also within Scrum, Kanban, DevOps etc.) • Support the solution implementation: assure that delivery is aligned with the overall vision and that reaching sprint goals brings visible benefits in terms of time-to-market and business relevance • Champion and embody the Lean-Agile core values and promote their usage across the organisation: acts as an Agile change agent both internally and externally • Can easily operate at CxO and board room level to help innovation and ensure the medium and long term strategic goals of the organisation are achieved

Factor Summaries

Key Competencies:

• Seasoned Agile Coach with proven solid, hands-on experience with Lean-Agile transformations • Be a recognised thought leader who easily becomes the trusted advisor • The role requires demonstrable experience with agile implementations at enterprise level, in large organisations, engaging from team to CxO levels. • The day-to-day job of the Agile Coach will require working directly with the onsite/offsite teams and their stakeholders (including senior and executive-level management). • Most of these competencies are needed for successful role fulfilment: • Applied workshop facilitation and mentoring/coaching skills, in particular at team and individual level for solving/removing impediments and improving productivity • Is capable of quickly becoming recognised as an ally of the team and can develop trust within the client organisation • Excellent influencing, problem solving/troubleshooting skills • Ability to work effectively under pressure in a resilient and flexible manner